SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table)

Happy Friday!

I wanted to give everyone a peak at what SRRT is doing at ALA Annual this year. We have created a web page that includes our events and other meetings that may be of interest. I am also pasting the SRRT events below. Please note that the membership meeting is Friday at 2:30pm. I hope this time will work better for everyone than the late evening times and that I'll see you in Chicago! If you have anything you'd like to see at the membership meeting, please let me know!

All SRRT meetings and events are open to everyone.

All times are listed in Central time (CT).

Friday, June 23

• SRRT All Task Force Meeting & Annual Membership Meeting, 2:30pm - 3:30pm, McCormick Place, W183c
  Come, grab a snack, and meet your fellow SRRT members! Hear updates from round table leadership, ask questions, and learn about our task forces: Feminist Task Force (FTF), Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Task Force (HHPTF), International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF), and Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Task Force (MLKTF).

Saturday, June 24

• US-Iran Relations in the Biden Era, 2:30pm - 3:30pm, McCormick Place, W195
  Trita Parsi, award-winning author and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joins the Social Responsibilities Round Table for a discussion on current events and how it affects the library community.
   
• SRRT Action Council I, 4:00pm - 5:30pm, McCormick Place, W475
  First business meeting of the Social Responsibilities Round Table Action Council. Open to all SRRT members.
   

Sunday, June 25

• Now Showing @ ALA: Boycott (Film), 10:30am - 12:00pm, W471A
  SRRT presents the film, Boycott, at the Annual Conference in Chicago. The film addresses the large number of state laws that prohibit state contractors from endorsing a boycott of Israel in order to get state contracts. Several of these state laws have been declared unconstitutional, but the Arkansas law was upheld in their state court. Copycat laws are also sprouting in various states that prohibit boycotting firearms and fossil fuels corporations. These state laws are a direct attack on the First Amendment. SRRT has documented numerous instances where libraries/state agencies and city governments have been forced to sign off to get state library contracts. See our website page on "Anti-BDS Legislation: The Library Connection" for sample cases.
   
• Poster Session: All About the Social Responsibilities Round Table, 11:30am - 1pm, McCormick Place, W190a
  Stop by our poster to learn more about SRRT! We will provide a brief background of the social justice group, including notable members, resolutions, and other groups that found their start in SRRT. The Coordinator and other members will be on hand pass out SRRT buttons and to answer any questions and hear your ideas for future programs and activities!
   
• SRRT Action Council II, 2:30pm - 3:30pm, McCormick Place, W475
  Second business meeting of the Social Responsibilities Round Table Action Council. At the end of this meeting, new Action Council officers will begin their terms. Open to all SRRT members.

April

April Sheppard
SRRT Coordinator

RTT Advocacy & Resources Committee Chair

SRRT & RRT Web Committee

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Dean B. Ellis Library   |   Assistant Library Director

P.O. Box 2040   |   State University, AR 72467

Phone 870.972.2766   |   asheppard@astate.edu  

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